#so no shading just flat colors🥲

[tisslesu]

Actor Izuna and his co-star (husband)

(Izuna Week Day 7: Actor AU)

Inspired by the Naruto Live Action Stage Play, beemosketches' TobiIzu Actor AU art, and phlebasphoenician's "Acting Myself (For You)" fic series on Ao3🩷

The uppermost illustration is also inspired by these cosplayers on twitter

[emillungs]

Sorry if you’ve been asked this before, could you share what brushes you use? I just love your art and have been trying to learn about that more textured style in digital art. Not just your line art, but the big texture shading you use too AHHH so scrumptious! 🫵🔥 you are a dream machine

okayyy i need to start this by saying im a brush hoarder. i literally have so many brushsets imported because every now and then i download new ones for fresh air but i boiled it down to the ones i love the most so here u go. more info on how i use them below <3

starting with my beloved brush flat rough which i use for sketching, this comes in a paid brushset however if you’re willing to spend $ on brushes i’d say it’s def worth it, the whole set is very yummy. i found this one while i was looking for a marker brush that mimicked the one csp brush i used all the time 🥲

it’s perfect for setting up proportions and establishing interesting shapes from the get go. however its not good for lineart and small details so i mostly use it when i have the intention of covering it up with colors later. my comfort brush fr

and now my versatile queen gloaming (default brush) the only brush that doesn’t make me hate myself whenever i attempt to do lineart. when its used in a tiny size it’s very sharp and has an ink look to it, in medium size it’s perfect for sketching and maximum size it’s great for a watercolor-ish shading style. i also have a modified version where i just changed the brush tip to a round shape and made it more opaque (i used in for the lines in her coat here)

grain is a brush from tasia ms’ set. its gets opaque very fast so its great for doing the larger shadows of a drawing. it has a nice little texture to it and its free (they ask you to log in to the site for you to download it though :()

and theres this one from fatima mandouh which is meant to mimic colored pencils and its literally perfect. it genuinely looks like trad art and it feels so soft while you’re drawing its just 😘👌 no words. and its free!!! i mostly use it for the last steps of a painting but its good for anything honestly, here’s a sketch i did using it:

overall i feel like the real secret to make your art feel more textured is just shading in a hatching style tbh. like seriously just slap the flat colors and build up with a pencil brush trust me. also add a little texture on top of the finished artwork. and add sharpness and noise too. go whack.

[raccoonstickses]

The board doesn't like me and is not wanting to work so I'm posting the Sun I hatch shaded on the @pillowspace whiteboard out of boredom/ hope it will let me join and finish my moon version.

(Flat color ver kinda)

Please just let me finish the things i want to finish🥲

Edit: AAAHAHAHHHAH!!!! My Boi!! I can't believe people love the skrugly. I genuinely don't know how to respond. ❤️💕⭐️🥺

[insecateur]

I would like to see your illustration process🎨🖌

okay anon !! i will try my best to explain sorry if it's bad or nonsensical 🥲 also will include a cut bc long + pictures

SO this varies from drawing to drawing bc i have different styles n methods depending on my mood among other things... like for example the process between this and this or something like my latest comic is completely different.

usually i start by getting an idea (OBVIOUSLY!!!) sometimes i just start with something rly vague, sometimes i think about it for a while, and sometimes i even do thumbnails... i will use one such example for a more thorough look at the Process i think!

so, for these i actually doodled thumbnails on the note app on my phone... i used to do this on paper also but phone works surprisingly ok to just get a pose/vibe down. so it looked like that:

you can see... the vibes. using these as a base i'll draw rough sketches on the computer, like this:

which i can then refine them further into nicer, cleaner sketches (i usually do this for bigger illustrations like that, or comics):

then i line . note i usually color the lines after i've put flat colors so please ignore that lmao:

then i do flat colors, color the lines, and do shading/highlights etc. usually i use multiply and overlay respectively for this type of illustrations:

then i do the details (snow, dust, the titles...) and add a preliminary overlay that i'm probably going to play with in the next step (please pretend that i didn't forget to up the opacity for the background of the second illus earlier i'm too lazy to retake screenshots):

AND THEN i switch to my shitty old photoshop and do last minute edits, play with the colors/contrast, add textures, etc.

final results!!! yayyyyy🎉

that's basically my process for illustrations like that. for simpler stuff i'll go with the flow a little more... like for example the afterimage art i did the shading with my own colors and lysandre actually isn't even fully drawn (altho there's probably more of him drawn than you'd expect LOL):

ummm there we go idk if that was interesting or not . maybe i'll record myself drawing again sometimes, i haven't done it in years 😪

[bumblebeehug]

Also like. Just a tip when it comes to drawing. You don't always need to worry about lighting. Plus flat colored drawings are super nice too, so shading is not a huge priority

Yeahhhh I’ve already decided that it’s gonna be a simple piece (literally just a headshot) but some simple shading would be nice🥲 nothing crazy, no airbrushing or anything, just some scale shading or watercolour shading

[saritawolff]

And here is your weekly reminder that Ozzy is still a vulture and absolutely will stop mid-conversation to eat roadkill.

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So why is this fully rendered? Well, it goes like this…

Me: Hmm, you really can’t see Ozzy’s nictitating membrane if it’s just in black and white. I guess I’ll have to color it 😓

Me, like two months later: Well, now it looks weird that they’re just wondering through a white void so… I guess I have to draw a background 🥲

Me, several weeks later: Well now they look really flat against the background so I gUESS I HAVE TO SHADE IT TOO 🤪